An exhibit in Pittsburgh's Toonseum called "Wonder Women, On and Off the Page" will explore the history of female comic artists and include drawings from Nell Brinkley circa 1907. It will run until March 30, so you have plenty of time to drop what you're doing and take a road trip to Western Pennsylvania. »2/16/14 3:15pm 2/16/14 3:15pm

Before you get your hopes up, there isn’t a whole lot to Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara’s recent statement that the studio stable that houses all the DC superheroes needs to hurry up and make a Wonder Woman movie. In a lot of ways, Tsujihara’s insistence that a Wonder Woman project could turn into a major studio… »10/06/13 1:30pm 10/06/13 1:30pm

In a recent conversation with the movie site ComingSoon.net, Marvel Studios producer/sometime director Louis D’Esposito said some encouraging stuff about the future of female superheroes getting movies of their very own: Marvel would totally like that to happen because the studio has heard the cacophonous internet… »9/06/13 11:10am 9/06/13 11:10am

Welcome to part two of my 20 favorite female comics creators of 2010! I've had a lot of great material brought to my attention this year, and there's no shortage of fantastic comics by female creators. »12/25/10 1:30pm 12/25/10 1:30pm

Batman and Spider-Man? Box-office gold. But where's the great female superhero movie? "There has never been a better time to include strong females into the equation," writes Thera Pitts. »1/06/09 2:40pm 1/06/09 2:40pm

An article in Psychology Todayurges us to think about heroism. "One of the major requirements for heroism seems to be a willingness to face physical danger," writes Kathleen McGowan. Studies show that women find risky acts of daring very appealing in a man, which might be one reason why dudes do stuff like that. But… »1/08/08 6:20pm 1/08/08 6:20pm

Hey, remember Danica McKellar? She was Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years. She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and coauthored a scientific paper about a theorem in mathematical physics. And now she's written a book, called Math Doesn't Suck. The 32-year-old hopes to show that "being good at math is cool." "When… »7/30/07 3:50pm 7/30/07 3:50pm